Atractaspis A.Smith, 1849

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Smith, Andrew. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe. Smith, Elder and Co., London.: Part 28: ; plates: Reptilia 31, 70-78; Appendix, pp.1-28.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Squamata

family

Atractaspididae

genus

Atractaspis

Name

Synonyms

Benjaminswileus Hoser, 2013

Lowryus Hoser, 2013

Slatteryaspus Hoser, 2013

Wellingtonaspus Hoser, 2013

Homonyms

Atractaspis A.Smith, 1849

Common names

Stiletto Snakes in English

Stiletto Snakes in English

Bibliographic References

1. CoL 2006
2. Greene, H. W., 1997: null. Snakes: The evolution of mystery in nature. viii + 351.
3. Ill. Zool. S. Afr. (Rept.), pl. lxxi.
4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
6. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
7. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
8. as per family